Social insurance programs are conditioned on events, rather than means

Your grandfather tells you that he earned $7,000/year in his first job in 1961. You earn $35,000/year in your first job in 2016. You know that average prices have risen steadily since 1961. You earn

A) more than 5 times as much as your grandfather in terms of real income. B) less than 5 times as much as your grandfather in terms of real income. C) less than 5 times as much as your grandfather in terms of nominal income. D) 5 times as much as your grandfather in terms of real income.

Income taxes were made constitutional in the United States by the ________

A) Recovery Act of 2009 B) 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution C) Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890 D) Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999